Ammunition loading accessory



23, ms. as. "r. sMiLEY fi-fiw AMMUNITION LOADING ACCESSORY Filed June 19, 1944 2 Shens-Sheet 1 i 1 v k N Inventor GERALD Eva/MAS (SMILEY,

A no eys 14%. a. T. SMRLEY AMMUNITION LOADING ACCESSORY Filed June 19, 1944 2Sheets-Sheet 2 I rwent or Patented May 21, 1946 AMMUNITION LOADING ACCESSORY 3 Claims.

This invention relates to ammunition loading accessories and more particularly to a combined bullet dispenser and cartridge case holder to be used by individuals who reload their own ammunition.

A primary object of this invention is the provision of an improved cartridge holder and bullet dispensing device so arranged as to provide maximum accessibility to the cartridges and bullets at all times.

An additional object of this invention is the provision of such a device arranged so as to obviate the necessity of reaching over loaded cartridges to load others, thus obviating the possibility of spilling or upsetting the loaded cartridge.

A still further object is the provision of suchv device which will be reliable in operation, sturdy and durable in construction and relatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

As conducive to a clearer understanding of this invention it may here be pointed out that many sportsmen and others reload used cartridges for reuse. Such reloading operation requires the pouring of a predetermined powder charge into the cartridge case and the subsequent setting of a bullet therein. Heretofore various devices have been employed for holding the cartridges during such operation but such devices have had the uniform disadvantage of being so arranged that the operator must necessarily reach over loaded cartridges, or around them, which frequently resulted in the upsetting of a previously loaded cartridge necessitating a repetition of the operation. Furthermore, suitable means for marking the loaded cartridges have not hitherto been provided and accordingly it frequently happened that one cartridge would receive a double charge of powder, which might, under certain conditions, result in an explosion of the cartridge case and consequent injury to the user of the gun firing the same.

It is an object of this invention, therefore, to obviate the above mentioned difficulty and others all as will be more fully pointed out hereinafter.

Having reference now to the accompanying drawings wherein there are shown two preferred forms of this inventive concept:

Figure 1 is a side elevaticnal view of one form of this device, certain parts thereof being shown in a different position of adjustment by dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view along the line 33 of Figure 2 as viewed in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4-4 of Figure 3 as viewed in the direction of the arrows, and

Figure 5 is a reduced side elevational view, partially in section, of a modified form of this invention.

Like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Having particular reference now to the modification shown in Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, a base ll is provided witha plurality of supporting members II, which may take the form of rubber headed tacks, and has threaded, into a suitable threaded aperture therein (see Figure 3) a spindle l2. A washer l3 is positioned about the spindie 92 adjacent the base I and serves to support a circular cartridge case holder I l adapted to be rotated thereabout. Cartridge holder M has a plurality of holes bored thereinto in the form of circumferential rows, the innermost row being spaced a substantial distance from the spindle 52, the reason for which will appear hereinafter, and the holes are spaced a sufiicient distance apart to permit the ready insertion and use of a powder funnel in any one of holes l5.

A supporting rod or standard I6 is threaded into a suitable threaded aperture in the top of spindle l2 and serves to support, at its opposite end, a bullet dispenser generally indicated at H. Bullet dispenser i1 is comprised of a trough 18 of sheet metal or other desired material, the side walls of which are cut away as at E9 and the lower end 20 of which is upwardly turned to provide a bullet-supporting trough. Trough I8 is provided with a lid or cover 2! pivotally attached to the upper end thereof as by a rivet or screw 22 which serves as a hinge therefor. When it is desired to fill the bullet-dispensing device with bullets, cover 2| may be swung outwardly to the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1. Attached to the back oftrough I8 is a suitable supporting device 25 in the form preferably of a right-angled triangle, provided with lugs 26 through which screws or rivets 27 are adapted to be passed to secure the same to the back of trough l8. The lowermost portion of member 25 is provided with a suitable aperture which may be threaded to engage a threaded end 30 of standard I6, or which, if desired, may be smooth and engage a smooth end of standard [6 with a sliding fit to facilitate removal of the dispenser from the standard.

The trough is thus set at such an angle that a bullet will constantly rest in upturned portion 20 so as to be available for insertion into a filled cartridge case when desired. It is contemplated that a plurality of troughs will be kept filled and similarly that a plurality f cartridge case holders will be kept filled so that when the bullets or cartridge cases in one dispenser or holder are exhausted, a substitute holder may be utilized as a replacement, it being noted that both the dispenser and the holder may be readily removed from the base and standard of the device and replaced thereon. In many instances the users of such device cast their own bullets. In such instances, it is contemplated that the cast bullets be loaded into the dispenser immediately following the greasing thereof.

In the operation of the device, trough I4 is first filled with cartridge cases, inserted into, the holes thereof, open end up, and placed on spindle 12.

A filled bullet dispenser is then placed on the standard I5 in the manner previously described. The cartridge cases are then individually filled with predetermined charges of powder and as each cartridge is charged a bullet is removed from the dispenser and placed point downwardly in the mouth thereof. When all the cartridge cases have been charged, the bullet dispenser may be removed and the individual cartridges run through a conventional bullet seating machine or reloading tool, each bullet, of course, being reversed and placed point upwardly in the mouth of the cartridge case prior to such operation. The completed cartridges are then ready for use and may be replaced in the holder, or transferred to an ammunition pouch or other suitable receptacle.

In the modification disclosed in Figure 5, the base 50, washer 5i, cartridge case holder 52, spindle 53 and standard 54 are substantially identical to those shown in the foregoing modification. In this form, however, the bullet dispensing device 55 takes the form of a circular rack similar in general configuration to cartridge case holder 52 and provided with a p11;- rality of holes 56 for receiving bullets. Bullet dispenser 55 is rotatably mounted on a spindle 51 secured to a supporting member 58, provided at its lower extremity with an aperture 59 into which the upper end of standard '54 is adapted to fit. The operation of this modified form of device is substantially identical to that previously described with the exception that the bulets, instead of being placed in the trough or bullet dispenser I7, are inserted in holes 56, point upwardly, it being pointed out that the holes are of a depth less than the length of a bullet whereby the sam may be readily removed, and the bullets removed from dispensing device 55 as needed. It may here be pointed out that in both modifications the spacing of the innermost rows of holes in the cartridge case holder a distance from the central spindle permits the use of a powder funnel in conjunction with any of the rows of cartridge cases without interference by the bullet dispenser.

From the foregoing it will be seen that there is herein providedan ammunition loading accessory accomplishing all the objects of this invention and others including many advantages of great practical utility, the arrangement being such as to materially facilitate and expedite the reloadin of used cartridges. 7

As many embodiments may be made of this inventive concept and as many modifications may be mad in the embodiments hereinbefore shown and described, it is to be understood that all matter herein is to be interpreted merely as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a base, a spindle mounted in said base, a cartridge case holder rotatably mounted on said spindle, a standard from said spindle, and a bullet dispenser mounted on said standard, said bullet dispenser comprising a trough angularly disposed with respect to said standard.

2. In a device of the character described, a base, a spindle mounted in said base, a cartridge case holder rotatably mounted on said spindle, a standard extending from said spindle, and a bullet dispenser mounted on said standard, said bullet dispenser comprising a trough angularly disposed with respect to said standard, and having an upturned lower end servin a a bulletretaining device.

3. In a device of the character described, a base, a spindle mountedon said base, a cylindrical cartridge case holder having a plurality of cartridge case retaining holes therein rotatably mounted on said spindle, a standard threadedly secured in the upper end of said spindle, a bullet dispenser removably mounted on said standard, said bullet dispenser comprising a trough, angularly disposed with respect to said standard, and having an upturned lower end serving as a bullet retaining device, and a hinged cover for said dispenser.

GERALD THOMAS SMILEY. 

